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Neck Deep's new album Life's Not Out To Get You comes out via Hopeless Records on August 14th. You'll be able to hear a new song and pre-order the album on May 12th.
Photo Gallery: Real Friends Fall Tour (Chicago)
Features: Real Friends, Neck Deep, Cruel Hand, Have Mercy
Location: The Bottom Lounge, Chicago
Photos by: Nina Mandile
Slam Dunk Festival UK has announced their first round of bands. The All American Rejects, Canterbury, letlive., Bury Tomorrow, The Ghost Inside, The Devil Wears Prada, I Killed The Prom Queen, Caliban, Crown The Empire, Goldfinger, Zebrahead, Fandangle, H20, I Am The Avalanche, Real Friends, Neck Deep and Decade are among the bands announced.
Rising UK pop punk quintet Neck Deep have revealed that they have signed to Hopeless Records for a worldwide, three album deal.
Home to the likes of All Time Low, We Are The In Crowd, Yellowcard and The Wonder Years, Hopeless Records has an undeniable track record in picking up some of the most exciting and well beloved pop punk and pop rock bands in the world today.
And since Neck Deep first exploded into action with breakthrough single 'A Part Of Me' just under one year ago, their rise to the forefront of the UK scene has been seemingly unstoppable, so a pairing between the young quintet and the veteran label is - to quote Neck Deep frontman Ben Barlow - "a perfect match."
Says Barlow: "Perfect match really isn’t it; an indy label with a strong ethos and message. We feel like we haven’t signed our souls away but are taking a huge step in the right direction. We know that together this is really going to take things to the next step for us as a band; with a label like Hopeless backing you, you know you’re going to be taken care of and treated well. We couldn’t be more stoked on the whole thing, it’s perfect."
Neck Deep, one of the most exciting and rapidly ascending names of the UK’s next gen, have been confirmed to appear at this year’s edition of the Vans Warped Tour UK.
You can check out the band’s official announcement video by clicking HERE
The Wrexham based quintet will perform at the two day event, once again to be held at London’s Alexandra Palace, on Sunday November 17.
Neck Deep released their new EP for FREE download today and vocalist Ben Barclow has the lowdown on each track!
Up in Smoke
This one is pretty much a song to/about my parents and the many times I’ve done things that makes them lose their trust for me. It came after I got kicked out of university, which was a huge disappointment in their eyes. The song is kind of an apology but at the same time is expressing my frustrations in them, wishing they would see my side of things and stop being so uptight,
"I wish you’d see my point of view, you’re so uptight loosen your screws". We’re very different people, myself and my parents but at the same time I don’t know what I’d do without them, "when you’re gone, I’ll be broken, let it out, cut me open" explains that pretty well. It’s a weird one in terms of how personal it is, but at the same time I think everyone has experienced something like this, being a let down or having a hard time doing what they’re told/expected to do.
Table’s Turned
This is purely a moving on song, about how the table’s turned in a certain situation. Rain in July is full of anguish about all these different things that happened with a particular someone, but now this explains more recent events and how it came to the time when I really had moved on. It’s really quite obvious, but that’s the way I wanted it to be.
It’s kind of therapeutic to write a song like this, laying to rest everything that happened, and that’s the intention with this one. It’s one last slightly bitter song to try and put an end to it all, at least from my side of things.
Head to the Ground
This one is pretty much a little love song, but thrown in there are all the worries I have about myself, and my fear of fucking everything up. It’s really kind of explaining all the feelings of a new relationship, cute little quirks that everyone goes through, but once more counterbalanced with ‘I hope I don’t drag you down’ and 'I hope this can all work out'. Really it’s just about hoping that this new relationship can work out, and if it doesn’t it’ll be down to me!
The line "cuz I feel like myself when I’m running my head to the ground" is just about when you feel good because of a new relationship, even when there’s outside things that you’re struggling with (up in smoke), because that girl can help you out and keep your head on straight. It’s a cute one, a little weird too, but I’m sure people will see the meaning in there when they hear it!
Pop punk seems to be one of the newer genre bandwagons that bands tend to jump on nowadays. But now you can start your own pop punk band with these easy tips!
1. Write about how bad it sucks to be in the friend zone
As one of the comments said, “they should’ve recorded this in a key a half step down from this. he’d have hit the notes much better. he just yelling most of the time now to hit his notes and it doesn’t fit this song too well.”
2. Take your band name from a better and bigger pop punk band
Clearly, they borrowed their name from the New Found Glory song of the same name. Which brings me to my next point..
Man Overboard; the only studio track on blink-182’s live album, The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show. Obviously, other bands have taken their names from songs titles/lyrics of popular bands, but it seems to be more prevalent in the tr00 pop punk scene.
3. Describe your personal life in a song; where you live, what you eat, etc.
The Wonder Years do a damn good job at it as evident in the above song. The lyrics speak for themselves:
The casino seemed like a bad idea but Denny’s seemed like a worse one and I don’t think that we’d ever let that stop us. We ended up busted, broken and choking down a Grand Slam. I can’t think of a better way for the night to end cause we’re this generation’s Outsiders but we’ve got worse intentions and they’ve got better haircuts
4. If you love your friends, by all means, tell the world
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! (who got their name from The Goonies) REALLY love their bro’s. So much, that they wrote a song about it. They also have a songs about MILF’s, but we’ll save that for another time. Did I mention they’re French?!
5. Plaid shirts and V-Necks are a necessity!
You wanna be dressed your Sunday best when your friend borrows his dad’s expensive camera to film your band’s first music video. It also helps if you can find some nice shirts at the thrift store or borrow some from a friend.